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Ajax's defensive adjustments in midfield, Koeman's fine-tuning of defensive tactics began to show results.

If Roten and Giuly attacked Ajax's defense alone, it would have little effect.

In this case, the score of 1:1 is very unfavorable to Monaco. They must score goals, but the three midfielders in the middle seem to focus too much on Qin Xiong, which makes their role in the offense obvious. decline.

Ever since, the full-backs Evra and Ibarra had to assist, give Giuly and Roten more support, generate more abundant offensive coordination on the wing, and create confusion in Ajax's defense.

In the 71st minute, Ibarra made an assist along the right side. The Argentine made a high-quality cross after receiving Giuly's inside cut and then suddenly returned to the side. Morientes outflanked the header in front of the goal. The ball almost killed Ajax!

boom!

Morientes watched in disbelief as his intended header hit the crossbar and bounced off!

Lobant didn't make a save at all. If the ball fell into the goal, he could only look at the ball and sigh!

The Monaco fans in the stands sighed loudly, and even the members of the Monaco royal family in the VIP box were beating their chests and feeling sorry for the ball.

The shocked Ajax immediately launched a counterattack. Garasek ferried the ejected football header out of the penalty area, and he deliberately headed the ball in the direction of Qin Xiong.

The top of the ball was not accurate, both Qin Xiong and Qi Kesi seemed to have a chance to grab the ball, but Qin Xiong was faster, he arrived at the football landing point first, and kicked the ball away with his arch before the football hit the ground Midfield position on the right.

After taking the ball, Qin Xiong immediately ran forward.

Van der Vaart received a pass from Qin Xiong on the right. At this time, Evra came up to press like a shadow. He had no choice but to buy time for Monaco's defense, entangle Van der Vaart and delay his delivery of the ball forward. opportunity.

Heh, what a van der Vaart, what a golden boy of the Netherlands, who actually half-turned on the spot and knocked the ball with his back heel to the middle of the front court.

Evra's defense failed, and Van der Vaart's improvisation was by no means a blind move. He observed Ibrahimovic running over to meet him before he had an idea to make such a pass.

Ibrahimovic retreated to the front midfielder, holding the ball firmly. At first he seemed helpless, so Sneijder took the initiative to come to the front midfielder from the left.

Sneijder's running also affected Qin Xiong's running position.

There was no need for verbal communication or eye contact, Qin Xiong turned and ran to the left after crossing the midfield!

He and Sneijder had unknowingly switched roles.

Sneijder and Ibrahimovic kept a good distance in the front waist area to ensure that the ball control would not be lost.

Cisse and Bernardi couldn't do anything to them either.

When Qin Xiong reached the left side in front of the penalty area, Sneijder decisively passed the ball obliquely to Qin Xiong's inward cut line.

Ibaraben and Qin Xiong kept pace with each other. After Qin Xiong ran the inside line, his defense seemed beyond his reach, and Qin Xiong gradually threw him away and blocked him behind him.

Rodriguez moved over to block Qin Xiong's inward cut, but he did not expect that at the moment Qin Xiong received the pass from Sneijder, Qin Xiong took the initiative to stop and swiped the ball horizontally instead of going directly diagonally. Go towards the goal!

Cross-cut dribbling in front of the penalty area!

Rodriguez hesitated for a moment and then stepped forward to press, but the speed of Qin Xiong's next horizontal waving suddenly exploded, making Rodriguez's steal missed.

Givet thought that Qin Xiong would make a 90-degree inward cut into the penalty area after passing Rodriguez's space, so he could only move laterally to fill the defense zone on this side and act as a barrier between him and the goal.

But he was still wrong, Qin Xiong didn't seem to be interested in the direction of the goal at all, he still dribbled horizontally, after crossing Giver, Cisse and Bernardi were only two steps away from retreating in, and directly Intercept Qin Xiong from the side!

At this moment, Qin Xiong turned his head and looked, Monaco's goal was within his eyesight. The goalkeeper Roma stood in a well-regulated position. He didn't hesitate anymore, and shot a low and flat ball from under his feet.

The football, which was less than half a meter above the ground, was like a thunderbolt, and went straight to the lower right corner of the goal. Roma's prediction was correct, but they could only watch the football fly into the goal while moving and rushing across!

Half a season has passed, and Qin Xiong has become more and more aware of the cross-cutting in front of the penalty area and looking for angles to shoot long shots from Xiao Pan Luo himself, especially when facing the goal at 70-90 degrees. , I feel that the hit rate is higher!

It may be easier to control the angle of footwork compared to frontal long-range shots with someone blocking the field of vision.

Qin Xiong would also like to thank his teammates, Ibrahimovic and Sneijder for diverting the opponent's attention for him, allowing him to cut horizontally in front of the penalty area as if he had entered no one's land.

So he ran backwards to the sidelines after scoring the goal, laughing silently while raising his hands to point to Sneijder and Ibrahimovic respectively.

He was thrown to the ground by Sneijder head-on. Fortunately, Ibrahimovic did not rush over, otherwise Qin Xiong would have screamed. Ibrahimovic stood beside the two of them, clenched his fist and raised it towards the stands where the fans of the visiting team were. Roar loudly.

The dancing Koeman looked a little out of control, he couldn't help being excited, leading Monaco in the away game, which almost means that Ajax has stepped into the final with one foot!

"2:1! Qin Xiong's goal helped Ajax lead Monaco 2:1 in the away game! They reversed Monaco! Although this is only the first round of the semi-final, if the total score leads the opponent and holds two With an away goal, Ajax has a very high probability of advancing to the Champions League final this season!"

Deshang's face was solemn, he was already shocked beyond measure by Qin Xiong's performance.

Ajax's ability to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League is not by luck.

Just as all the Ajax people were celebrating and feeling extremely joyful, less than 2 minutes later, a pot of cold water was poured on their heads.

Monaco was eager to equalize the score, and the army was under pressure, which gave Ajax a better counterattack space.

Seeing that less than 1 minute after the re-kick-off, Ajax had another excellent opportunity, Van der Vaart sent a wonderful pass to Ibrahimovic from the right.

Ibrahimovic shot from almost the same position as Qin Xiong's goal on the penalty area line. As a result, the football was kicked directly and flew into the stands. It was an outrageous kick.

After the shot, Ibrahimovic stood on the spot and bowed his head, then stretched his right hand to the back of his right thigh. He turned around and walked slowly towards the sidelines. It seemed that his walking movements were a bit awkward, giving the impression that he was strained!

But at least he didn't sit down, and he was able to walk, indicating that the strain may not be too serious.

The teammate's face sank, and after destroying Monaco's offense, the team doctor asked about Ibrahimovic's situation on the sidelines. Ibrahimovic said that he felt discomfort in his thigh muscles. Koeman did not hesitate and immediately started the substitution.

As for the specific situation of Ibrahimovic, no one knows now, but it has cast a haze on the hearts of fans and players.

"Oops, Ajax top striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is off with injury, he's always frowning, can't see if he's in pain, but he's already on the bench, don't know if he'll be available for the next leg , if he can't play, then the loss to Ajax will be very big. Koeman made a substitution, he replaced Ibrahimovic with O'Brien, a defensive midfielder for a striker, Koeman wanted to keep 2: 1 wins."

It is undeniable that Koeman is a good coach. He has his advantages and of course his shortcomings.

In this critical battle with unprecedented pressure, Ibrahimovic's sudden injury posed a problem for him.

He did not choose to switch forwards.

Because Ajax, to put it bluntly, has no center forward that Koeman can trust.

Songk?

With most of the time sitting on the bench, Songke, Qin Xiong, Van der Vaart, and Sneijder couldn't form a tacit cooperation in the frontcourt.

The most basic tacit understanding of cooperation is passing and running.

There are two aspects, one is passing, the other is running, the timing is very important, whether the passing is early or late, and whether the running is early or late, the effect is very different.

So Koeman couldn't trust Songk.

The current score is 2:1. In order to keep the fruits of victory, strengthening the defense is the most routine and common practice of the head coach.

He chose to play a defensive midfielder, which seems understandable.

But this substitution proved to be a terrible decision after the game.